[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT (TAE)
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
753 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE STEINHATCHEE
RIVER SOUTHWARD...INCLUDING INLAND DIXIE COUNTY...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA BIG
BEND...PARTICULARLY DIXIE COUNTY.

...WATCH AND WARNING INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE STEINHATCHEE
RIVER SOUTHWARD...INCLUDING INLAND DIXIE COUNTY.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE COASTAL
WATERS NORTH OF THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER IN APALACHEE BAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED JUST INLAND
OVER SOUTH FLORIDA NEAR LATITUDE 26.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.4 WEST OR
ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF EVERGLADES CITY FLORIDA. THE HURRICANE WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 23 MPH WITH FORWARD SPEED INCREASING.

...PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALL RESIDENTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION THIS
TODAY AS WINDS COULD GUST TO OVER 30 MPH TODAY. SOME LIMBS OR WEAK
TREES COULD FALL CREATING A HAZARD.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
A STORM SURGE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME ALONG THE DIXIE COUNTY
COAST...AS ANY TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE
PRIMARILY OFFSHORE WINDS.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH THROUGHOUT TODAY ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG
BEND COULD CAUSE SOME TREES TO LOSE LIMBS OR EVEN DOWN A FEW WEAK
TREES.


...RAINFALL AND FLOOD POTENTIAL...
LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS EVENT.

...TORNADO THREAT...
DUE TO THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA PASSING WELL SOUTH OF THE
AREA...THERE IS NO TORNADO THREAT AT THIS TIME.

...RIP CURRENTS...
ALONG WITH THE HIGH SURF THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP
CURRENTS THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. EVERYONE...INCLUDING
EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS...SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE SURF.

THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE BY 1130 AM EDT.

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GOREE

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